Parenchodus Raab and Chalifa 1987 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae

Full reference: M. Raab and Y. Chalifa. 1987. A new enchodontid fish genus from the upper Cenomanian of Jerusalem, Israel. Palaeontology 30(4):717-731

Parent taxon: Enchodontidae according to M. Raab and Y. Chalifa 1987

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Calypsoichthys, Dagon, Enchodus, Eurypholinae, Leptecodon, Palaeolycus, Pantopholis, Rharbichthys, Unicachichthys

Subtaxa: Parenchodus longipterygius

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Type: Parenchodus longipterygius

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Givat-Shaul (Cretaceous of Israel)

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